NORFOLK, Va. — Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor Confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million if the installations rebrand everything from welcome marquees and street signs to water towers and hospital doors, according to an independent commission. The commission wrote that Fort Benning in Georgia was named after a “lawyer, ardent secessionist, bitter opponent of abolition …
Pressure Mounts To Rename Army Bases That Honor Confederate Officers Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Seward/AP Chris Seward/AP Updated 5:17 pm ET It was the summer of 1917. The memo said the bases and camps would be named after Americans — preferably those with short names, to "avoid clerical labor." The military would choose the names of "Federal commanders" …
